Stewarts Thai Red Curry W Lychee Recipes

THAI RED CURRY

Steps:

• Add 1 cup water to an electric pressure cooker and add the rack. Put the kabocha squash on the rack and follow the manufacturer's guide for locking the lid. Set to pressure cook on high for 3 minutes. Follow the guide again for releasing pressure, then carefully remove the lid. Remove the squash from the pressure cooker and set aside until ready to use.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the mushrooms and saute until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove from the skillet and set aside until ready to use.
• Set the same large skillet over medium-low heat. Carefully scoop the coconut cream (the thick, almost solid white stuff) out of the can of coconut milk into the skillet. Set aside the remaining liquid in the can. Cook the coconut cream until it resembles yogurt and is sizzling around the edges, about 5 minutes. Add the curry paste, ginger and garlic. Turn the heat up to medium. Saute until the paste has deepened in color and the oil starts to separate from the paste, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour in the chicken broth, sugar, remaining canned coconut liquid and 1 teaspoon fish sauce. Taste; add more fish sauce if it's not salty enough. Stir well and bring to a boil. Add the squash, mushrooms and green beans. Stir well and turn the heat to low. Simmer until the green beans are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Finish with the lime zest, a squeeze of the lime wedge and the basil. Serve over rice.

SHRIMP AND LYCHEE CURRY

Steps:

• Peel the lychees, and remove the flesh from the seeds (they will break into 3 or 4 pieces, which is fine). Set aside.
• Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add the beans, and cook until they are bright green and crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Strain, and set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, pulse the tomatoes, chopped shallots, ginger, 1 tablespoon of the oil, sugar, curry, cayenne and 1 teaspoon salt in a food processor until it becomes a puree.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the sliced shallots, and cook, stirring frequently, until a deep golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato puree, and cook, stirring and scraping up the bottom frequently, until the paste is thick, dry and a few shades darker, 15 to 20 minutes. Add water, a tablespoon at a time, if the paste sticks to the bottom of the pot. (Be sure to scrape the side of the pot down, as some cooked paste may cling to it, and you want to make sure all the paste makes it into the sauce there's flavor in there!)
• Add 2 cups of water and the coconut milk to the pot, and bring to a gentle simmer. Add the eggplant, and simmer until soft, about 6 minutes. Add the peppers, and cook until soft, about 6 minutes. (The sauce should be a bit looser than marinara; continue to gently simmer if necessary.) Add the shrimp and green beans, and cook, stirring occasionally, until they are pink and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in most of the basil and cilantro, and season with salt.
• Transfer the curry to a serving bowl. Top with the lychees and the remaining basil and cilantro. Serve with rice and lime wedges.

SPICY THAI RED CURRY

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add ginger and garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Stir in red curry paste, let sizzle for a few seconds, then pour in coconut milk. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce to a simmer, stir a little, and wait for the oil to rise to the surface. Add chicken thighs and lime leaves and simmer until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the centers, about 12 minutes.
• Add fish sauce and brown sugar and taste--if you like it a little saltier, add more fish sauce; if you like it sweeter, add a little more sugar.
• Bring to a boil, then take off the heat and add Thai basil.
• Spoon the curry into a bowl. Serve with jasmine rice.

THAI RED CURRY WITH PORK AND NOODLES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add noodles; cook until just softened, about 2 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add garlic; cook, stirring, until just starting to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Add curry paste; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add pork; cook, stirring to break up meat, until very little pink remains, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in stock, coconut milk, and lime leaves. Bring to a simmer; cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is slightly thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in fish sauce, sugar, and lime juice. Simmer 1 minute.
• Add noodles; toss well with tongs. Cook until noodles are tender and coated with sauce, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with basil, bean sprouts, and lime wedges.

THAI-STYLE RED LAMB CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wok or large wide pan over a high heat. Add the curry paste and stir-fry for 1 minute. Mix in the lamb and continue frying until all the pieces are well coated in the paste.
• Place the cashews in a food processor and blend until finely chopped. Add these, with the coconut milk, tomato purée and lime leaves, to the wok with the lamb and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat slightly and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 50 minutes-1 hour, or until the sauce has thickened.
• Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in boiling water for 10 minutes, or until they are just tender when tested with the tip of a knife. Drain and set aside until required (cool under cold running water if not using immediately).
• When almost ready to serve, add the cooked potatoes, fish sauce and sugar to the curry. Cook for a further 5-10 minutes, or until all the ingredients are piping hot through.
• Serve with lime wedges for squeezing.

STEWART'S THAI RED CURRY W/ LYCHEE

Steps:

• Put the red curry paste & coconut milk/cream into a saucepan over low heat and stir over low heat until paste melts/dissolves & mixes as a liquid into the coconut milk.
• Add the poultry, bamboo slices, chilli, fish sauce and kaffir lime leaves.
• Start cooking the Jasmine rice. 11-12 minutes at rolling boil. Keep an eye on the time!
• Bring curry to simmer & let it cook all the flavours together while the rice is cooking, stirring every now and again to stop anything burning/sticking to the bottom of saucepan. If the meat wasn't pre-cooked, make sure it's done.
• Taste/test the rice often towards end of cooking! Drain immediately when done.
• When the rice is nearly cooked (and meat is also definitely cooked if it wasn't already), add the following to the saucepan and stir through to heat them up but not cook them lychees, pineapple and cherry tomatoes.
• Turn off the heat to the curry when the Jasmine rice is cooked
• Pick out the kaffir lime leaves from curry & discard.
• Serve curry on a bed of Jasmine rice in the middle of the plate that has crater in the middle to hold the curry.
• Garnish curry generously with coriander.